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Overgrazed Grasslands Tied to Locust Outbreaks
Scientists have shown that
insect nutrition and
agricultural land management
practices may partially
explain modern day locust
outbreaks. ... > full story
Climate Change May Bring Big Ecosystem Shifts, NASA Says
By 2100, global climate
change will modify plant
communities covering almost
half of Earth's land surface
and will drive the
conversion of nearly 40
... > full story
Farming Crucial for Threatened Species in Developing World
A number of threatened
species in the developing
world are entirely dependent
on human agriculture for
their survival, according to
new research. ... > full story
Great Plains River Basins Threatened by Pumping of Aquifers
Suitable habitat for native
fishes in many Great Plains
streams has been
significantly reduced by the
pumping of groundwater from
the High Plains aquifer
... > full story
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Grasslands Soils Offer Some Insurance Against Climate Change
January 29, 2012 — The earth beneath our feet plays an important role in carbon storage – a key factor in climate change – and new research shows that in times of drought some types of soil perform better ... > full story -
Savannas and Forests in a Battle of the Biomes
October 31, 2011 — Climate change, land use and other human-driven factors could pit savannas and forests against each other by altering the elements found by researchers to stabilize the two. Without this harmony, the ... > full story -
Visual Tour of Earth's Fires
October 20, 2011 — NASA has released a series of new satellite data visualizations that show tens of millions of fires detected worldwide from space since ... > full story -
From Tropics to Poles: Study Reveals Diversity of Life in Soils
October 18, 2011 — Microscopic animals that live in soils are as diverse in the tropical forests of Costa Rica as they are in the arid grasslands of Kenya, or the tundra and boreal forests of Alaska and Sweden, ... > full story -
Climatic Tipping Points for Tropical Forest and Savanna: Satellite Data Reveal Where They Are Most Vulnerable
October 13, 2011 — Tropical tree cover will jump sharply between a forested state and savanna or treeless conditions rather than respond smoothly to climate change, according to a new ... > full story -
Research and Innovation: New Modelling Results Link Natural Resources and Armed Conflicts
September 28, 2011 — The EU Joint Research Centre (JRC) has developed a statistical modelling tool which allows the risk of conflict occurrence in developing countries to be analyzed. Combining online news reports with ... > full story -
Grazing Zebras Versus Cattle: Not So Black and White
September 22, 2011 — African ranchers often prefer to keep wild grazers like zebra off the grass that fattens their cattle. But a new study shows that grazing by wild animals doesn't always harm -- and can sometimes ... > full story -
Energy and the Environment
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Renewable Energy
Global Warming
Agriculture and Food
Genetically Modified
Energy Crops: Achieving a Balance
September 13, 2011 — There has been much debate about the net benefit of growing energy crops to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While it is accepted that energy crops can displace fossil fuel imports, the emissions ... > full story -
Farming Commercial Miscanthus
August 31, 2011 — A new article examines the carbon sequestration potential of Miscanthus plantations on commercial farms. Researchers evaluated Miscanthus plantations in Ireland, where planting has been subsidized by ... > full story -
Most Plant Species Important in Various and Varying Ecosystems
August 10, 2011 — According to a new analysis of plants in grasslands around the world, 84 percent of plant species are important to their ... > full story
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